Love and Rockets: New Stories #3 - First Appearance of Calvin Chascarillo, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Love and Rockets: New Stories (Fantagraphics, 2008 series)
Issue: #3
Publication date: July 2010
Key date: July 2010
On-sale date: September 10, 2010
Indicia publisher: Fantagraphics Books
Price: $14.99
Pages: 108
Barcode: 978160699379851499
ISBN: 9781606993798

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Why this issue matters

First appearance (cover) of Calvin Chascarillo - the earliest appearance on record is a cover, not an interior story.

On the record: Ignatz Award - Outstanding Story (2011).

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Jaime Hernandez; inks: Jaime Hernandez	Calvin Chascarillo First, Esther Hernandez, Maggie Chascarillo
1	Letters to L & R	letters page	0.5	script: Gary Groth
2	The Wait Is Over	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	pencils: Jaime Hernandez; inks: Jaime Hernandez
3	Scarlet by Starlight	comic story	36	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Rosalba "Fritz" Martinez
4	The Love Bunglers Part One	comic story	14	script: Jaime Hernandez; pencils: Jaime Hernandez; inks: Jaime Hernandez; letters: Jaime Hernandez	Reno Banks, Calvin Chascarillo First, Maggie Chascarillo, Ray Dominguez, Rose "Angel" Rivera
5	Killer * Sad Girl * Star	comic story	14	script: Gilbert Hernandez; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez; letters: Gilbert Hernandez	Sandy Bobo, Rosalba "Fritz" Martinez, Dora "Killer" Rivera, Blackie Okamoto, Guadalupe, Jimmy Reyna, Hector Rivera
6	Browntown	comic story	30	script: Jaime Hernandez; pencils: Jaime Hernandez; inks: Jaime Hernandez; letters: Jaime Hernandez	Angel Chascarillo, Calvin Chascarillo First, Esther Hernandez, Maggie Chascarillo, Manuel Chascarillo, Nacho Chascarillo, Quina Chascarillo
7	The Love Bunglers Part Two	comic story	6	script: Jaime Hernandez; pencils: Jaime Hernandez; inks: Jaime Hernandez; letters: Jaime Hernandez	Calvin Chascarillo First, Ray Dominguez, Maggie Chascarillo
8	Letters Continued From Inside Cover	letters page	1	script: Gary Groth, Jaime; pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez
10	Do You Like Your L&R Books Fat?	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Gilbert Hernandez, Jaime Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez, Jaime Hernandez
11	Now is the very best time to catch up with Love and Rockets	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Gilbert Hernandez, Jaime Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez, Jaime Hernandez
12	Table of Contents	table of contents	1	pencils: Gilbert Hernandez; inks: Gilbert Hernandez	Rosalba "Fritz" Martinez

Plus 2 pages of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
The Best American Comics #2011 ISBN 9780547333625	2011	On eBay ›
The Love Bunglers #[nn] ISBN 978-1-60699-729-1	2014	On eBay ›
Angels and Magpies ISBN 978-1-68396-090-4	2017	On eBay ›
Psychodrama Illustrated #2	2020	On eBay ›
Hypnotwist / Scarlet By Starlight #[nn] ISBN 9781683962045	2021	On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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